2 Chronicles 13 · Verse 15

2 Chronicles 13:15

Then the men of Judah gave a shout: and as the men of Judah shouted, it came to pass, that God smote Jeroboam and all Israel before Abijah and Judah.
2 Chronicles 13:15, King James Version

2 Chronicles 13:15 in other translations

BSBand the men of Judah raised the battle cry. And when they raised the cry, God routed Jeroboam and all Israel before Abijah and Judah.
WEBThen the men of Judah gave a shout. As the men of Judah shouted, God struck Jeroboam and all Israel before Abijah and Judah.
ASVThen the men of Judah gave a shout: and as the men of Judah shouted, it came to pass, that God smote Jeroboam and all Israel before Abijah and Judah.
YLTand the men of Judah shout--and it cometh to pass, at the shouting of the men of Judah, that God hath smitten Jeroboam, and all Israel, before Abijah and Judah.
DARBYAnd the men of Judah gave a shout; and as the men of Judah shouted, it came to pass that God smote Jeroboam and all Israel before Abijah and Judah.
BBEAnd the men of Judah gave a loud cry; and at their cry, God put fear into Jeroboam and all Israel before Abijah and Judah.
WebsterThen the men of Judah gave a shout: and as the men of Judah shouted, it came to pass, that God smote Jeroboam and all Israel before Abijah and Judah.

What does 2 Chronicles 13:15 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 2 Chronicles 13:13-17

13-17. But Jeroboam caused an ambushment to come about behind them--The oration of Abijah, however animating an effect it might have produced on his own troops, was unheeded by the party to whom it was addressed; for while he was wasting time in useless words, Jeroboam had ordered a detachment of his men to move quietly round the base of the hill, so that when Abijah stopped speaking, he and his followers found…

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2 Chronicles 13:15 in the original Hebrew

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וַיָּרִ֖יעוּvai.ya.Ri.'uand they sounded [the] battle signalH7321
אִ֣ישׁ'ish[the] man ofH376
יְהוּדָ֑הye.hu.DahJudahH3063
וַיְהִ֗יvay.Hiand it wasH1961
בְּהָרִ֙יעַ֙be.ha.Ri.a'when sounded [the] battle signalH7321
אִ֣ישׁ'ish[the] man ofH376
יְהוּדָ֔הye.hu.DahJudahH3063
וְהָאֱלֹהִ֗יםve.ha.'E.lo.Himand <the> GodH430
נָגַ֤ףna.Gafhe defeatedH5062
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
יָֽרָבְעָם֙ya.ra.ve.'AmJeroboamH3379
וְכָל\־ve.kholand allH3605
יִשְׂרָאֵ֔לYis.ra.'ElIsraelH3478
לִפְנֵ֥יlif.Nei<to> beforeH6440
אֲבִיָּ֖ה'a.vi.YahAbijahH29
וִיהוּדָֽה\׃vi.hu.Dahand JudahH3063

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for 2 Chronicles 13:15

  • 2 Chronicles 14:12

    So the Lord smote the Ethiopians before Asa, and before Judah; and the Ethiopians fled.

  • Joshua 11:8

    And the Lord delivered them into the hand of Israel, who smote them, and chased them unto great Zidon, and unto Misrephoth–maim, and unto the valley of Mizpeh eastward; and they smote them, until they left them none remaining.

  • Judges 7:18-22

    When I blow with a trumpet, I and all that are with me, then blow ye the trumpets also on every side of all the camp, and say, The sword of the Lord, and of Gideon. So Gideon, and the hundred men that were with him, came unto the outside of the camp in the beginning of the middle watch; and they had but newly set the watch: and they blew the trumpets, and brake the pitchers that were in their hands. And the three companies blew the trumpets, and brake the pitchers, and held the lamps in their left hands, and the trumpets in their right hands to blow withal: and they cried, The sword of the Lord, and of Gideon. And they stood every man in his place round about the camp: and all the host ran, and cried, and fled. …

  • Judges 4:15

    And the Lord discomfited Sisera, and all his chariots, and all his host, with the edge of the sword before Barak; so that Sisera lighted down off his chariot, and fled away on his feet.

  • 2 Chronicles 20:21

    And when he had consulted with the people, he appointed singers unto the Lord, and that should praise the beauty of holiness, as they went out before the army, and to say, Praise the Lord; for his mercy endureth for ever.

  • Numbers 32:4

    Even the country which the Lord smote before the congregation of Israel, is a land for cattle, and thy servants have cattle:

  • Psalms 118:4-7

    Let them now that fear the Lord say, that his mercy endureth for ever. I called upon the Lord in distress: the Lord answered me, and set me in a large place. The Lord is on my side; I will not fear: what can man do unto me? The Lord taketh my part with them that help me: therefore shall I see my desire upon them that hate me.

  • Joshua 6:16

    And it came to pass at the seventh time, when the priests blew with the trumpets, Joshua said unto the people, Shout; for the Lord hath given you the city.

  • Isaiah 37:36

    Then the angel of the Lord went forth, and smote in the camp of the Assyrians a hundred and fourscore and five thousand: and when they arose early in the morning, behold, they were all dead corpses.

  • Psalms 47:1

    To the chief Musician, A Psalm for the sons of Korah. O clap your hands, all ye people; shout unto God with the voice of triumph.

  • Psalms 47:5

    God is gone up with a shout, the Lord with the sound of a trumpet.

  • Joshua 6:20

    So the people shouted when the priests blew with the trumpets: and it came to pass, when the people heard the sound of the trumpet, and the people shouted with a great shout, that the wall fell down flat, so that the people went up into the city, every man straight before him, and they took the city.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
as the men.
20:21; Jos 6:16,20; Jud 7:18-22; Ps 47:1,5
God smote.
14:12; Nu 32:4; Jos 11:8; Jud 4:15; 2Ki 5:1; Ps 118:4-7; Isa 37:36

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Context

  • 2 Chronicles 13:14

    And when Judah looked back, behold, the battle was before and behind: and they cried unto the Lord, and the priests sounded with the trumpets.

  • 2 Chronicles 13:15

    Then the men of Judah gave a shout: and as the men of Judah shouted, it came to pass, that God smote Jeroboam and all Israel before Abijah and Judah.

  • 2 Chronicles 13:16

    And the children of Israel fled before Judah: and God delivered them into their hand.

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2 Chronicles 13:15 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Entonces los de Judá alzaron grita; y así que ellos alzaron grita, Dios desbarató á Jeroboam y á todo Israel delante de Abías y de Judá:
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		et les hommes de Juda jetèrent des cris; et il arriva, comme les hommes de Juda jetaient des cris, que Dieu frappa Jéroboam et tout Israël, devant Abija et Juda.
German
Elberfelder 1871		und die Männer von Juda erhoben ein Kriegsgeschrei. Und es geschah, als die Männer von Juda das Kriegsgeschrei erhoben, da schlug Gott Jerobeam und ganz Israel vor Abija und Juda.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Omnesque viri Juda vociferati sunt: et ecce illis clamantibus, perterruit Deus Jeroboam, et omnem Israël qui stabat ex adverso Abia et Juda.